20200423002179A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Enochs RV-3 · Independence, IA · April 23, 2020

Date
April 23, 2020 · 09:25 local
Place
Independence, IA
Airport
Independence Municipal
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N24DE
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN20CA155
Reported as
Enochs RV-3
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-290 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,070 total3 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was simulating takeoff from runway 36 when the aircraft made a sudden turn to the left, jumping a small hill parallel to the runway and going through a fence and landed onto an adjacent field damaging the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS SIMULATING TAKEOFF FROM RUNWAY 36 WHEN THE AIRCRAFT MADE A SUDDEN TURN TO THE LEFT, JUMPING A SMALL HILL PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY AND GOING THROUGH A FENCE AND LANDED ONTO AN ADJACENT FIELD DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.